Breast-strap slide and attachment.



PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. S. ANDERSON.

BREAST STRAP SLIDE AND ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1905.

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JOHN S. ANDERSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO NORTH &

J UDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEWV BRITAIN, CONNECTI- CUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BREASTSTR'AP SLIDE AND ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters l atent.

Patented Jan. '16, 1906.

Application filed July 22, 1905. Serial No. 270,748.

T0 (1, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breast-Strap Slides and Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in harness-fittings, and particularly to a breaststrap slide.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and reliable device for a breast-strap for connecting it to a pole-piece or chain so that the parts may freely take up any position which they may be called upon to take up in ordinary use without friction or binding or undue wear on the parts.

The invention consists in improvements the principles of which are illustrated in the accompanying single sheet of drawings.

Briefly, it comprises a member having depending ears, to which is pivoted a block carryin a snap-hook, all three of the parts being 'reely movable with relation to one an other.

The details will be more clearly understood from the following specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of a device embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 1, but showing the slide, body, block, and snap-tongue in section.

1 indicates an arched portion of the slide to which the breast-strap is attached.

2 and 3 are side flanges or ears depending from the arched portion and preferably enlarged or reinforced at the lower end.

4 and 5 are end pieces which connect the side flanges and serve as guides and guards for the strap.

6 is a pin, preferably upset or headed, on the outer faces of the flanges 2 and 3.

7 is a solid block pivotally mounted on the pin 6 and having an eye with rounded edges for the attachment of the snap-hook.

8 is the body of the snap-hook.

9 is the eye secured in the eye of the block 7.

10 is the bill of the hook.

11 is the tongue of the hook, pivoted to the body 8, normally held in posit-ion by the pressure of the spring 12, as shown in Fig. 3.

All of the parts areheavily made, so as to Withstand great strains, and so secured together that the greatest freedom of movement is possible without causing undue friction.

The advantages of this construction will be apparent to those who are skilled. in this art.

What I claim is 1. A breast-strap slide comprising a body having an arched portion 1 depending flanges 2 and 3, end pieces 4 and 5, a headed pivotpin 6, and a solid Or block 7 pivoted on said pin and having an eye with rounded edges for the swinging attachment of a snap-hook or other device.

2. Abreast-strap slide comprising the combination of a body having an arched portion 1 and the side flanges 2 and 3, a pivot-pin 6 carried by the side flanges, asolid block 7 pivotally mounted on said pin, and a fastener havin an eye 9 loosely hung in the eye of said block so as to permit it to swing freely back and forth and from side to side.

JOHN S. ANDERSON.

lVitnesses:

LOUIs D. GOODMAN, MELVIN R. MOORE. 

